Supreme Court of the United States March 12, 1819 (Wheaton v. Sexton)

17 U.S. 243 (____) 4 Wheat. 243 WHEATON v. SEXTON'S Lessee. Supreme Court of United States. *244 March 12th, 1819. JOHNSON, Justice, delivered the opinion of the court. The suit below was ejectment, and the defendant in this court recovered, under a title derived from a sale by the marshal of this district. The marshal's deed conveys the life-estate of Wheaton in the lands in question.